2016 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament

Classification| Division I
Teams| 8
Format| Double Elimination
Site|

* Choccolocco Park
* Oxford, AL

Champions| Jacksonville State (5th title)
Winning coach| Jana McGinnis (5th title)
MVP| Whitney Gillespie (Jacksonville State)
Attendance| 4,965
Television| OVC Digital Network

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* OVC Softball Tournament
* 2017 →

The 2016 OVC Softball Championship was held May 11-14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 23rd time the Championship had been held and thefourth year it featured eight teams. This year was the first-straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of at the site of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

The defending champion was Tennessee Tech which won its seventh OVC Championship in 2015.[1]

2016 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍ | 26 | - | 0 |  | 1.000 |  |  | 43 | - | 17 |  | .717
Eastern Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 8 |  | .680 |  |  | 37 | - | 17 |  | .685
Eastern Illinois ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 8 |  | .680 |  |  | 25 | - | 28 |  | .472
SIU Edwardsville ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 11 |  | .577 |  |  | 28 | - | 26 |  | .519
Tennessee–Martin ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 |  | .519 |  |  | 30 | - | 26 |  | .536
Tennessee Tech ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 |  | .519 |  |  | 23 | - | 33 |  | .411
Morehead State ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 11 |  | .500 |  |  | 26 | - | 27 |  | .491
Murray State ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 14 |  | .462 |  |  | 14 | - | 31 |  | .311
Belmont ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 16 |  | .407 |  |  | 19 | - | 35 |  | .352
SE Missouri State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 17 |  | .370 |  |  | 16 | - | 33 |  | .327
Austin Peay ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 22 |  | .185 |  |  | 9 | - | 387 |  | .023
Tennessee State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 22 |  | .120 |  |  | 10 | - | 45 |  | .182
‡ - OVC Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2016[2]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

## Results[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| 1| Jacksonville State Gamecocks| 5| | | | | | | |
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| 8| Murray State Racers| 0| | | | | | | |
| | | 1| Jacksonville State| 3| | | | | |
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| | | 4| SIU Edwardsville| 2| | | | | |
| 4| SIU Edwardsville Cougars| 6| | | | | | | |
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| 5| UT Martin Skyhawks| 5| | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1| Jacksonville State| 12(5)| | | | |
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| | | 3| Eastern Kentucky| 0| | | | |
| 3| Eastern Kentucky Colonels| 3| | | | | | | | |
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| 6| Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles| 0| | | | | | | |
| | | 3| Eastern Kentucky| 6| | | | | |
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| | | 2| Eastern Illinois| 4| | | | | |
| 2| Eastern Illinois Panthers| 7| | | | | | | | |
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| 7| Morehead State Eagles| 0| | | | | | | | | 1| Jacksonville State| 1| 6
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| | | | | | 4| SIU Edwardsville| 2| 1
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| Lower round 1| | | Lower round 2| | | Lower round 3| | | Lower final| | |
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| | | | 2| Eastern Illinois| 10| | | | | | |
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| 8| Murray State| 2| | | 8| Murray State| 5| | | | | | 3| Eastern Kentucky| 4| |
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| 5| UT Martin| 0| | | | | | 2| Eastern Illinois| 3| | | 4| SIU Edwardsville| 3| |
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| | | | | | 4| SIU Edwardsville| 6| | | | |
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| | | | 4| SIU Edwardsville| 1| | | | | | |
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| 6| Tennessee Tech| 1| | | 7| Morehead State| 0| | | | | |
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| 7| Morehead State| 2| | | | | | | | |
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## References[edit]

1. ^ "2016 OVC Softball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
2. ^ "Softball". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2017.

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2016 NCAA Division I softball tournaments

Conference|

* America East
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* ACC
* Atlantic Sun
* Big Ten
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* Big South
* Colonial
* Conference USA
* Horizon
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* MAAC
* Mid-American
* MEAC
* Missouri Valley
* Northeast
* Ohio Valley
* Patriot
* SEC
* Southern
* Southland
* SWAC
* The Summit League
* Sun Belt
* WAC

National|

* NCAA
* 2016

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